"Do your worst": Here's what Karen Read said in her post-Super Bowl TV interview

Yahoo12-02-2025

Ahead of her trial in less than two months, Karen Read is continuing to speak out about the case.
Last year, the high-profile case ended in a mistrial, and Read has continued to assert her innocence in several media interviews, including an extended profile with Vanity Fair.
The latest development with the Read case was that the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Read, a Mansfield woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, Braintree native John O'Keefe, can be retried on all three charges, including second-degree murder, following a mistrial in July.
Read's defense team was seeking to have charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a crash causing injury or death thrown out after they say jurors reached a unanimous decision to acquit her on those counts.
Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone sided with the prosecution in a decision in August, prompting the defense to appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court. Read's second trial is scheduled to begin April 1.
In her latest interview, she said she's not afraid of taking the stand in her second trial, something she did not do during the first one.
Following the Super Bowl, Boston 25 News' Ted Daniel held an interview with Read and her lawyer Alan Jackson where Read disclosed some of her thoughts on the case.
When asked what is the one piece of evidence that proves her innocence, Read said that O'Keefe's body was a clear indicator that she did not back into him with her vehicle and kill her former partner.
"No bruise, 6,000-pound, full-size SUV, not a bruise on his body," Read said. "Not a fracture below his head."
When asked by Daniel who are the people who did kill O'Keefe, if not Read, Jackson said that they don't know and it's not up to the defense to know.
"Somebody other than Karen, somebody other than Karen is responsible for that, for the killing of John," Jackson said.
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Read said that she knows that the legacy of this trial will most likely define her entire life and that she has made peace with that.
Read said that she felt gutted after the mistrial was announced but has reflected and sees it as an opportunity to prepare for the next trial.
"I'm not afraid of taking the stand," Read told Boston 25 "I don't care who I face. I have the truth. I have the best attorneys. Do your worst."
Jessica Trufant contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Karen Read says she's 'not afraid of taking the stand' in TV interview